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  4. Mood Music Anyone?

    in Music & SFX

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    If no one objects I thought a thread with music to help inspire all of us on the team or even just give a mood for a moment might be a good idea. The files don't have to necessarily be for the project but maybe "inspired by" or "in the same vein as". And, I guess all of the files have to be originals. We don't want to steal anyone else's work and post it for everyone to grab! :)

     

    Anyone can post here and add to the mood of the DarkMOD....

     

    Thief-y moody piano/strings piece

  5. Original Thief 1/2 Sound Design

    in Music & SFX

    Posted · Edited by saxmeister

    Hey guys,

     

    I've been studying through some of the original Thief 1/2 sound sets (as well as Thief: DS) and have noticed a pattern in some of the ambient "swell" sounds.

     

    It seems the sound designers would take a low synth sound in which the volume would slowly rise and very slowly fall and then render that sound to disk (maybe as a .WAV file). Then, and here's the Looking Glass Studios "magic", they would take some wave editing software and, taking the original stereo file of the sample, would reverse one of the channels to make it play backwards against the other normal playing channel. So, a swell + reverse swell effect is created. The files stayed in stereo but had a nice "swirly" effect.

     

    Of course, using this would pretty much limit the use of any higher sibilant or formant sounds since they would be mangled by the reversal, although some neat effects could come out of that! Look below for an image demonstrating this process using Sound Forge. It should be very similar for any audio editor.

     

    Just some discoveries on that.... thought I'd share.

     

    cheers!

     

    -sax

    post-13-1105697543.jpg

  10. Sfx Review

    in Music & SFX

    Posted · Edited by saxmeister

    I know what you mean... Looking Glass really knew how to hone the best out of every little bit of information to make it packaged as nicely as possible.... Boy, do we miss them! Imagine what Thief: DS would've been like with them on the job.

     

    Thoughts for some of the music in the project list.....

     

    There is a listing for classical piano music. Is this source music from one of hte old Viktrolas with scratches, etc. If so, is this the type of effect to go for??

     

    scratchy Viktrola music - classical

     

    I know this probably isn't the style in which to do the music, but it was just a sketch for hearing the effects/processing.

     

    -sax

  13. Sfx Review

    in Music & SFX

    Posted · Edited by saxmeister

    Thanks for the input... I'm just trying to get a feel for the overall atmosphere and the input helps tremendously.

     

    I've reworked the two samples you heard and tried the music box up an octave and without as much of the scratchiness. I saw a post in the forum after I had started working on this file that said that it would be interesting to hear a sample of this with that "old record" kind of scratchy. I feel like maybe this sound drags on for too long now, maybe???

     

    mansion music box cue rev. 1

     

    I also reworked the underground ambient theme. I wanted to leave it as just the bass but curiousity wouldn't let me. ;) So, I tried it with some sounds in the upper extreme to try and add a touch of creepiness to it. I'll probably wind up taking those sounds out as well later.

     

    underground ambient rev. 1

     

    Here's another water drip sfx as well....

     

    water drip fx 02 with reverb

     

    And, since we can't use the original "loot pickup" sfx, how about this one possibly?

     

    loot pickup lo sfx

    loot pickup hi sfx

     

    Again, thanks for the input!

     

    -saxmeister

  14. Sfx Review

    in Music & SFX

    Posted · Edited by saxmeister

    Hey guys-

     

    I thought I'd post some of the work I've been doing and see if you guys think it will fit with the project. Here are some samples (they should be to spec) for you guys to review.

     

    Here is an ambient sound for use in the underground area.

     

    underground ambient

     

    And here is a source music sample of the music box in the mansion level.

     

    mansion musicbox

     

    And a sample of a water drip with reverb. Should these samples be made with or without reverb/will the sound engine take care of the reverb?

     

    underground water drip with reverb

     

    Don't know if this will even be an element in the game, but chain rattles for the undead?

     

    ghost chains rattling

     

    Any suggestions or comments?

     

    Thanks,

     

    -saxmeister

  15. Two Short Music Pieces

    in Music & SFX

    Posted · Edited by saxmeister

    Hey guys-

     

    Just throwin' my two cents worth in here...

     

    I like the title track even with the drums. All of the Thief themes have had that kickin' drum beat at the beginning set against that moody, ambient swirl synth sound. I think to get that Thief-esque drum sound you would have to compress the heck out of the drum sound and make it more "in your face" even with the "radio" effect. That's probably the difference you are hearing when you said it sounds "weird". It doesn't sound weird, just different... which is not always a bad thing!

     

    Great stuff... I'm looking forward to more.

     

    -saxmeister

  16. Composer/sound Designer

    in I want to Help

    Posted

    Sparhawk, what I meant by "I hope these help" is that I hope these help you hear what kind of work I can do, that's all. :) Just sharing in the celebration of all things Thief.

     

    And, oDDity, both of the characters are actually voiced by me, although my voice works a bit better when I'm not getting over the flu (like right now).

     

    If there would be room for me anywhere I could even do little sfx like "grass rustling", "wind", "water", "metal clanging", "menu click #03", "sword being drawn", etc. And, I am used to matching styles, so that shouldn't be a problem.

     

    I'm just a big fan of Thief and, seeing the work you guys have already done, I'd love to be able to be a part of something this good to return a little bit of goodness to the Thief world.

     

    -sax

  17. Composer/sound Designer

    in I want to Help

    Posted · Edited by saxmeister

    Here is a sample I put together to give you an idea of some of my work. All the SFX, voices, and music are created here in the studio - so, no SFX library borrowing. :) The idea behind this sample would be a cutscene in which the Thief has been caught by an old adversary who has the power to let him go if the Thief "plays ball", so to speak. The setting is an old, damp dungeon with dripping water and stone flooring (of course). If you close your eyes I think you can hear the motion of the "camera" in this scene.

     

    Both files are in MP3 format. The first file is the track with ambient music and the second file is the track with only vox/sfx.

     

    darkmod_test.mp3 (music/sfx/vox)

     

    darkmod_voxonly.mp3 (vox/sfx only)

     

    I hope these help....

     

    Thanks!

     

    -sax

  18. Composer/sound Designer

    in I want to Help

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    Greetings fellow Thief fanatics. I am glad to see a community effort to keep one of the best ideas in gaming alive and well.

     

    Now, for an introduction... I am a classically trained musician, composer, sound designer/engineer, and voiceover person with a thumb in each and every musical pie out there. I would love to work with a dedicated team with the same type focus of gaming. My focus is in the "neo-classical/modern film score" realm of music, but I tackle any genre, as you may hear from the samples on my site.

     

    Please, feel free to visit my website for any information and/or sound samples.

     

    http://www.myersmedia.net/

     

    I don't have any of my sound design/voiceover work posted on the website (besides what is included in some of my musical samples) as I am in the process of adding a new section to the site which will include the voiceover/sound design/engineering/SFX portion of the site, but if you would like to hear some I will gladly post them for you. My experience has covered radio and television spots recording and editing vocal tracks, cleaning them up, etc. as well as SFX.

     

    If you need any more details then do not hesitate to contact me.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Michael R. Myers (aka saxmeister)

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